Prevalence and Characterization of Class I Integrons among Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from Patients in Nanjing, China
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 45 (1), 241-243
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01318-06
Abstract
Class I integrons were detected in 40.8% (40/98) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains and 52.8% (56/106) of Acinetobacter baumannii strains in the Nanjing area of China, including several cassette arrays not previously reported.Keywords
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